Pleased to meet you!

LOL picture me like this if you have to perceive my appearance at all online. This is obviously not me. Nope, not really a sad pug. The way things have been going, would you really blame me if I was, though? I mean, magic is real, and life is still kinda shit, so ending up a sad pug dog would make sense in a way, I guess. If I piss off Smirk, maybe she’ll turn me into a pug. I’m sure I’d get better, though.

Anyways, yeah you can picture me as the sad pug shown, or any number of other sad pugs I’m going to add later once I find more images which totally fit my vibe all the time. I’m also not a furry, just so everyone is aware, meaning I am not someone who has a sad pug as a fursona or anything like that. I just think my vibe right now fits with being a sad pug so I am posting with avatars and pictures of sad pugs.

In ”real” life, I’m kinda a chunky dude, roughly 190 pounds, with long sandy brown hair that I wear in a ponytail to keep it out of my face. I have blue eyes and lots of freckles. Dwayne says I better cut the ponytail off eventually cause its hard to maintain, but I have no plans to do that. I’m not too happy with my appearance but I’m not ashamed of it, either, so oh well, might as well mention it just in case anyone is curious. Won’t post photos because I’m a fictional character.

Little Details

Wanna know about me? My life story? Here we go!

I was born at a really young age back in 1988 in Muskegon, Michigan originally. Childhood was shit, and I see no reason to talk a bunch about it, except that I had a really really really heavy obsession with video games, the internet and electronics as a kid. I kinda stopped playing video games after a few years into adulthood but I still like their stories…

And my education - I’m waaaay overeducated for no real reason. Yes, I do have a degree - I didn’t rack up all these student loans for nothing. The catch? It’s a degree in classical studies, which nobody seems to care about. I did not plan well. I don’t know. I always deep down thought I’d get into a good grad school and do something really cool like translate ancient texts. After college, I lived (sort of) up in Chicago for a long time. I moved down south after that.

Retail was tolerable. Food service isn’t bad. It still sucks, though. I’m doing better financially now because Redoubt found me one chilly November. I work with Smirk, or alone. So far, I’m a bit of a contractor. I was paid (and nicely) for sitting through the training seminars (some of them online, some given in person), but I don’t exactly have a lot of work here in the small town where I’m “stationed.” So far, Smirk and I have only had to deal with a few situations. I got paid well for each, believe me. Not to mention, learning magic alone is sooooo worth it.

My day job? I’m a line cook, duh. I work at a Freeze-n-Fry. I know that probably sounds pathetic, but what else can I do? Redoubt does not provide insurance. The Freeze-n-Fry does. And Redoubt did insist I needed some kind of cover “career” or something. I’ve never had a career, so I kept working food service. It keeps things going in between contract jobs for Redoubt. Someday I’ll learn enough magic to move up in the world.

Right now? Redoubt basically taught me just a little bit of magic, just enough to be able to do my job. This mostly involves messing with (and listening to) people’s heads. I don’t enjoy that aspect necessarily, but it’s how you do it, and part of keeping people safe. I try to be as ethical as possible while still getting the job done.

I don’t know exactly how it works, either. FFS, maybe it’s quantum physics. Maybe it’s got something to do with microbes. Fuck if I know. I just know magic works, and spirits are real. They didn’t even try to explain it. I don’t really care. I do wish I could learn and use more functional magic, and less of the sort that involves people’s thoughts, but Smirk says that’ll take time.

I kinda know more about magic now than I do about Redoubt itself. That’s how they want it. Redoubt wants people like me (and maybe even Smirk) kept as isolated and ignorant as possible. It’s suspicious when I think about why that might be. I also don’t understand Redoubt’s supposed larger goals - sometimes they make sense, but not always. Magic is obviously useful - why keep it a secret? They say it’s too dangerous…

Hobbies

This is the kind of thing I do for fun.

  • Writing online (duh)… I used to be way better at it when I was a teenager and even co-wrote some pretty badass (IMHO) FFVII fanfics but I will not link to them because they probably aren’t online anymore, and also, well… they might not be as badass as they seemed back then.
  • Dippin’ Dots the best ice cream.
  • Weeeeeeed. I think it should be totally legal everywhere for every adult always as long as they don’t do stupid shit. I love it and have for the past five years. I guess like indicas best but really the whole thing is bullshit when you compare indica vs sativa.
  • F-f-factorio! The factory must grow...
  • Bulletproof coffee is delish
  • Crystal Pepsi is really the best I’m sorry but if you disagree you’re wrong.
  • Knitting (fuck off if you think it is too girly, grow the fuck up, it even has magical uses it turns out, which might, I am beginning to speculate, relate to why I got this job…) I am actually very good at inventing new patterns, too. I might get into sewing for cosplay stuff but Idk if I can handle it with all this magic going on.
  • cartoons of the olden days watching them for thoughtful critique and learning where we came from as a society lmao I still watch loony toons and nicktoons
  • Web novels (I really like Shadow Slave and Mech Touch).

There are other things I used to enjoy in the past that I have been let's just say oh so graciously forced to divest myself of due to my new job working for Redoubt. You won't, for example, find me involved in the local music fandom anymore. Fucking hell.

Things I Hate

This is where I write “mean people” and “pineapple pizza” or some other asinine shit, right? Well I’ll skip the cliches as much as humanly (magically? lol) possible.

  • Peter my manager at the restaurant (most ppl hate him).
  • Deja vu.
  • I do not like religion, frankly - I’m an atheist and if you want to believe in it, cool for you, but nowadays I can’t and won’t.
  • Coke Zero or any kind of diet beverage is gross.
  • Cryptocurrencies (had a bad experience over the summer ’21).
  • Jamais vu.
  • Any sort of janky feeling like that.
  • I don’t have ADHD, stop saying that.
  • Fash but who doesn’t dislike them at this point? Why even list this. Here’s on cliche. Oh well.
  • Don’t put sugar in my fucking coffeeee…

I want to add that I am usually not the kind of person who blocks fascists and the guys in red hats on sight, though. Reason being? They are fun to argue with and it helps me not be aggressive getting into arguments IRL. Sometimes you can change minds, you can.

Contact Info

I used to have social media in college. You won’t find it here. Maybe my IRL name isn’t even Avery. I also won’t post my exact location. If you want to talk, leave a message in the cbox, but remember that everyone will be able to see it. Cope. And before you ask, I haven’t been able to find anything online that looks like it’s got to do with Redoubt in any way, either. They have zero online presence. I will not confirm or deny whether they actually use the name Redoubt, either. Stop asking about that.

Of course, Avery doesn’t exist, and neither does Redoubt or anything described here. It’s all a fictional narrative. If you’re interested in who really writes this site and story, behind the scenes and without kayfabe, please read this page.